Lost Hopes and Dreams
Chapter 3
By: X-wing Day
Zekk had fallen asleep in a chair when suddenly he sensed terrible pain from Jaina.
'Zekk!' his eyes snapped open and he jumped out of the chair, across the Jacen's eyes also snapped open. Zekk reached out, through the force, to Jaina just in time to feel her slipping away.
'Jaina!' Zekk yelled mentally but it was too late… She was already gone.
"Jaina!" He cried out as his knees buckled beneath him and he fell to the floor. He felt as if a piece of him had just been torn out… As if his heart had been ripped out. "Jaina, no." He whispered from where he was on his knees.
Jacen felt the pain of Jaina's death and all he could do was stare at Zekk, who was now curled up on the carpet of the waiting room crying quietly and muttering "No Jaina. No." He was shocked.
'She's dead… Sith spawn, she's dead!' Jacen thought, still having a hard time believing it.
"Jacen?" Tenel Ka looked worriedly up at her husband. "What has happened?"
"She's dead." Jacen told her with a mixture of disbelief and pain.
"Who is dead, my love?"
"Jaina. She just died." At this Anakin and Tahiri looked up from where they were trying to figure out what was wrong with Zekk.
"Jaya's gone?" Anakin asked. He and Tahiri both looked surprised.
"She died a minute ago." Jacen said, his voice was now dead as if he weren't all there.
"But, she can't be dead. They just said she was…" He trailed off when a doctor entered the room. The man looked around, spotted Zekk on the carpet and shook his head sadly.
"I'm Doctor Stevens." He said. Jacen remembered meeting him the day they all found out Jaina was pregnant. They had thought she was sick but had gotten a surprise then too.
"Jacen Solo, you're Jaina's twin brother, right?" Steven's asked walking over to him.
"Yeah," Jacen said still far away in voice. "And these are my wife Tenel Ka, younger brother Anakin, his girl friend Tahiri, and you know Zekk." He gestured to each in turn as he tried to focus on the doctor.
"I am afraid I have bad news for all of you." Stevens said sadly.
"Jaina is dead." Jacen stated.
"Yes, how did you…" Stevens trailed off and glanced around at the lightsabers clipped to the belts of all those in the room then began again. "Oh, you are all jedi. I am sorry but your sister just couldn't make it. We tried to save her but she was hemmraging too badly."
"What about her baby?" Anakin asked, already near tears. Tahiri hugged him in an attempt to be a comfort.
"Both babies are fine but they are going to need to stay in the hospital for a few days, just so we can be certain." Stevens said kindly.
Zekk had just managed to stand and there was no mistaking the surprised look on his face. "Both?!" He asked in a little shock.
"Yes." Stevens said seriously to Zekk. "You are the father of twins, a boy and a girl."
Zekk's jaw dropped, he looked like he was going to cry out of sadness and jump for joy both.
AN:
Hi… I am sorry for not fixing that chapter sooner. It has needed it for along time. This time I typed it with out assistance so any mistakes are mine. I still thank MaraJC for her work typing the original after I ran too fast, too far. Also I thank Wild Mage for the use of her computer. That said…. Thanks for reading.
